This app is intended for healthcare professionals who recommend or administer vaccines. You can immediately access all CDC-recommended immunization schedules, tables, and footnotes from your mobile device.

Optimized for tablets and useful on smartphones, the app visually mimics the printed schedules, which are reviewed and published annually. With two or three clicks you can identify the correct vaccine, dosage, and timing.

Birth-18 Years & "Catch-up" Immunization Schedules

United States, 2015

Details for Healthcare Professionals

Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) publishes immunization schedules for persons age birth through 18 years. These schedules summarize recommendations for routine vaccines for children age 18 years and younger.

The recommended immunization schedules for persons age birth through 18 years and the catch-up immunization schedule have been approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Create a Schedule of Vaccines Needed Since Birth

2015Create a Customized Schedule of Vaccines Needed (birth to 6 years)Use this tool to create a personalized schedule you can give to and discuss with parents. Parents also can use this print-out to record their child’s vaccinations. Just enter your patient’s date of birth, click “get schedule”, and then click "printable schedule."

Interactive Tools

2015CDC Vaccine Schedules app for clinicians and other health care professionals offers you immediate access to CDC’s latest recommended immunization schedules. See childhood, adolescent, adult and catch-up vaccine schedules and footnotes on your smartphone and tablet devices. Download this free app from the iTunes App Store or from Google Play.

Note: If you previously downloaded the tool, check that you have version 2.0.1 with 2015 schedules and footnotes.

The Adolescent Scheduler tool is no longer available.

Use your state or local immunization information system (IIS) to assess patient immunization status. For access, see Awardee Immunization Websites.

Also see the published Childhood Immunization Schedule for persons age 18 months through 18 years

Changes in the Schedule Effective January 26, 2015

Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviews the recommended immunization schedule to ensure that the schedule reflects current recommendations for licensed vaccines.

Changes to the previous schedule include the following:

Figure 1, "Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0 through 18 Years” was modified to highlight the recommendations for influenza vaccination for children for 1) live attenuated influenza vaccine, which may only be administered beginning at 2 years of age, and 2) children 6 months through 8 years, who need two doses of influenza vaccine in the first year vaccinated, and in subsequent years they only require one dose of vaccine. Therefore, the gold bar for LAIV or IIV 1 or 2 doses extends from 2 through 8 years (midpoint of column for 7-10 years) and a new gold bar (1 dose) extends from 9 to 18 years to reflect these changes.

A purple bar was added for measles-mumps-rubella vaccine for children 6-11 months of age, denoting the recommendation to vaccinate such children if they plan to travel or live abroad.

Pages 4 through 6 contain combined footnotes for each vaccine related to routine vaccination, catch-up vaccination,§ and vaccination of persons with high-risk medical conditions or under special circumstances.

Standardized formatting is used for footnotes for each vaccine to reflect the number of vaccine doses in a particular series.

The diphtheria/tetanus/acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine footnote had language added stating if the fourth dose DTaP vaccine was administered four months or more after the 3rd dose, at an appropriate age, it can be counted as a valid dose, and need not be repeated after the recommended six month interval between doses three and four.

The meningococcal conjugate vaccine footnote was revised to more clearly present recommendations for use of MenACWY-CRM, MenACWY-D, and Hib-MenCY-TT in children with anatomic or functional asplenia, or with persistent complement deficiencies, aged 2 months and older.

The influenza vaccine footnote was updated to reflect revised contraindications for the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV): LAIV should not be administered to some persons, including 1) persons who have experienced severe allergic reactions to LAIV, any of its components, or to a previous dose of any other influenza vaccine 2) children 2 through 17 years receiving aspirin or aspirin-containing products, 3) persons who are allergic to eggs; 4) pregnant women; 5) immunosuppressed persons; 6) children 2 through 4 years of age with asthma or who had wheezing in the past 12 months; or 7) persons who have taken influenza antiviral medications in the previous 48 hours. All other contraindications and precautions to use of LAIV are in the MMWR; August 15, 2014 / 63(32);691- 697 available athttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6332.pdf [40 pages].

The pneumococcal vaccine footnote was updated to provide clearer guidance for vaccination of persons with high-risk conditions:

Administer 1 dose of PCV13 if any incomplete schedule of 3 doses of PCV (PCV7 and/or PCV13) were received previously.

Administer 2 doses of PCV13 at least 8 weeks apart if unvaccinated or any incomplete schedule of fewer than 3 doses of PCV (PCV7 and/or PCV13) were received previously.

Immunization Recommendations

CDC has developed "job-aids" with detailed scenarios by age group and previous doses of vaccine received for DTaP, Hib, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. These materials should assist health care providers in interpreting Figure 2, the Childhood/Adolescent Immunization catch-up schedule.

Note: To find the schedule in the CDC ordering system, do the following: Within the ‘programs’ box select ‘immunizations and vaccines (schedules and booklets)’ and click search button. At the bottom of each product is a ‘more information’ link you can click if you wish to see product before ordering.